Combined egg-tester and cooker.



No. 644,342. Patented Feb. 27, I900.

W. UPTUN.

COMBINED EGG TESTER AND COOKER.

(Application filed May 1'7, 1899.)

I 79 mm lhvirnn STATES \VILLARD UPTON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOROF ONE-HALF TO JAMES H. DOTY, OF SAME PLACE.

COMBINED EGG-TESTER AND COOKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 644,342, dated February27, 1900-.

Application filed May 1 '7 1 89 9.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be itknown that I, WILLARD UPTON, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at Rochester, in the county of Mon roe and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Combined Egg -Tester andCooker, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and shown in the accompanying drawings.

Myinvention is a combined device for testing or can dling eggs andcooking small dishes of food, toasting bread, heating liquids,fiatirons, &c., the object of the invention being to produce a compactand convenient device for use in the private family, the sick-roeiminrestaurants, dining-halls, and similar places.

The invention is hereinafter fully described, and more particularlypointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device.Fig. 2 is a side elevation, parts being in vertical axial section, onthe dotted line2 2 in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a plan of the device. Fig. 4shows the cylinder detached and inverted. Fig. 5 shows a blank sheet forforming a tube. Fig. 6 is a tube formed detached.

A is a lamp, the body of which is preferably of sheet metal and formedwith an upwardly-proj ectin g ring or band a. The lamp is provided witha suitable burner of some common construction, one producing aconsiderable amount of heat being employed where the device is to beused for cooking and heating. Upon the lamp is placed in verticalposition a sheet-metal cylinder B, open at its ends, one end restingdirectly upon the body of the lamp and fitting snugly the band or ringa, which holds the cylinder securely to place. Upon the upper end of thecylinder is mounted an open wire frame 0 for receiving and holdingcooking utensils or other vessels or bodies to be heated, the length ofthe cylinder being such that the upper part of the wire frame is justabove the upper end of the chimney D of the lamp. The body or reservoirof the lamp is constructed purposely to adapt it to receive and hold thecylinder, as above set forth, the latter and the lamp being formedespecially for each other.

The cylinderB is provided with short lat- Serial No. 717,197. (No modeh)eral radial tubes E, openings 0 being made through the cylinder at theinner ends of the tubes. These tubes are placed upon the cylinder in ahorizontal plane coinciding sub stantially with that of the flame of'thelamp, so that the light from the flame will be pro jected outwardthrough them. The tubes are of sheet metal, like the cylinder, and forthe purpose of convenience and economy in packing and shipping the tubesare formed separate from the cylinder, as shown in Fig. 6, and attachedto or put in place upon the cylinder when the device is put in order forsale or use. The tubes are preferably formed at one end with projectingparts or lips b, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, which when the tubes are putupon the cylinder are bent in a manner to bear upon its outer and innerfaces. By forming the tubes separate from the cylinders they may beplaced inside of the latter when packing for storage or transportation.The eggs to be tested are held against the outer ends of the tubes, thelarge ends of the eggs being inserted therein. Eggs thus held againstthe tubes are internally illuminated, rendering their condition readilyvisible.

The wire frame 0 is removable from the cylinder, and it consists of anupper ring d and a lower ring e of about equal diameter, 1

both being larger in diameter than the cylinder. These rings are rigidlyconnected by vertical standards f outside of the cylinder, the lowerring being below and the upper ring above the upper end of the cylinder,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. These standards, preferably four in number,are bent or looped at it over the upper end of the cylinder and turnedvertically downward therein, being joined in pairs by horizontaltie-sections or connectors 9, preferably slightly below the plane of thelower ring e. These connectors g are made to press firmly outwardagainst the innersurface of the cylinder, as appears in Fig. 3, whichserves to hold the frame firmly in place upon the cylinder, and when theframe is put to place and pressed downward, so that the loops h bearagainst the ends of the cylinder, the frame is secure in place andadapted to support the weight of any body that may be placed upon it forthe purpose of heating or cooking.

Horizontal cross-wires i t" and 7t 7c are secured to the upper ring,which cross-wires and the ring constitute a platform for receiving uponit bodies to be heated or cooked. For the purpose of strength thecross-wires are woven togetherthat is to say, are put together so thatthe wire 6 passes under the wire 76 and over the wire 76, while the wiret is under the wire it and over the wire 72-. This arrangement of theWires enables them to support each other and render the platform as awhole stiff and unyielding against downward pressure. The cross-wiresare secured to the ring by having their ends bent downward around thelatter and firmly pinched or pressed thereagainst to hold without theuse of solder or other agencies. The lower ring e may be secured to thestandards f by any simple means, as fine binding-wire Z, Fig. 1, woundaround the contiguous parts.

The tubes E are not placed at the middle of the length of the cylinder,the distances from the plane of the tubes to the two ends of thecylinder being proportioned especially with reference to the use of thedevice as an egg-tester. The tubes are so located upon the cylinder asto be opposite the flame of the lamp; but if for the purpose of testingeggs only a common candle, for example, be used instead of the lamp thecylinder will be inverted, as shown in Fig. 4, if the candle be new andlong, thus bringing the tubes approximately on a level with the flame.When the candle burns low, by again inverting the cylinder the tubeswill be brought lower and more nearly opposite the flame of theshortened candle. When thus using a candle, (or,

it may be, some small lamp,) the cylinder is placed directly upon thetable upon which the candle or lamp rests.

Draft-openings n and o are formed through the sides of the cylinder nearits respective ends to facilitate in supplying air to the inclosed flameshould it at any time not be fully supplied through the tubes E.

This device has been designed especially for ready and quick use andgreat convenience. Small vessels of water or other liquid may be quicklyheated, food cooked, bread toasted, &c., and when the cylinder isremoved from the lamp and the wire frame detached the cylinder may bequickly arranged for testing eggs by simply placing it upon a table toin-' close a lighted candle or lamp or other convenient source of light.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination with a cylinder, ofa frame comprising an open-work platform,

reverse bends and loops to support the platform above a chimney thelower loop being outside the cylinder, a lower ring supported in thelowermost of said loops, and horizontal connectors joining saidstandards in pairs below the plane of the lower ring and curved andadapted to press firmly against the inner wall of the cylinder withtheir terminals at diametrically-opposite sides of the platform,substantially as specified.

2. A reversible egg-tester comprising a cylinder, provided withdraft-openings adjacent to each end and testing-tubes projectingdiametrically from the cylinder approximately adjacent to one end.

3. The combination with a support provided with a vertical annularflange, of a reversible cylinder fitting within the flange and providedwith draft-openings at its opposite ends and with testing-tubesprojecting diametrically therefrom, approximately adjacent to one end ofthe cylinder.

4:. The combination of a lamp, a cylinder and an open frame, the latterhaving two similar and parallel rings connected by standards engagingthe cylinder, one ring being below and the other above the end of thecylinder, the standards projecting downward within the cylinder andconnected therein, substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 15th day of May,1899, in the pres ence of two subscribing witnesses.

XVILLARD UPTON.

Witnesses:

Enos B. WHIrMonn, M. L. WINSTON.

standards depending therefrom and having

